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usonian

(14,973 posts) Wed Nov 27, 2024, 01:15 PM Nov 27

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About Firefox. Can it be? [View all]

Firefox (mac) just updated itself to 133.0 and lo and behold, yesterday it had the EXTREMELY annoying feature of not being able to copy text.

I'm serious, not hallucinating. I had to use the "Reader View" extension, lose some formatting, but was able to copy text (as in posting stuff)

Today, I can copy text from Firefox.

I mean, is this stuff even tested? I looked over posts referencing "can't copy text in Firefox" and it seems to have been reported from time to time in 2014, 2023, 2024.

Well, it seems to work now. Perhaps I should stop auto-updates now that it does what Mosaic-1.0 apparently did.

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About Firefox. Can it be? [View all] usonian Nov 27 OP

So it's been corrected and I don't have to use the Reader View" extension? brush Nov 27 #1

As of today! usonian Nov 27 #2

Firefox isn't doing well, drops 30% of staff CloudWatcher Nov 27 #3

Mozilla never figured out a decent money model. usonian Nov 27 #7

My firefox has always worked fine, no problems here. Think. Again. Nov 27 #4

But is this true of *every* Web site ? Some make it VERY hard to copy text, others do not. eppur_se_muova Nov 27 #5

I looked up the problem. It was happening on every web page. usonian Nov 27 #6

Word users ARE the QC department of Microsoft. CrispyQ Nov 28 #8

One of the best browsers available LPBBEAR Nov 28 #9

Ways to copy usonian Nov 28 #10

Who the heck uses Firefox in 2024? Sector 001 Nov 29 #11

I do because autopager seems to only work on Firefox usonian Nov 29 #12

So you're using an outdated browser extension ItsjustMe Nov 29 #13

It's outdated and works fine. usonian Nov 29 #14

Works fine! ItsjustMe Nov 29 #15

It wouldn't copy text but the latest update fixed it. usonian Nov 29 #16

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